I've been using Shimmer for close to a year now and would highly recommend it. Have found it really useful and it's worth the money. I go over super specific issues with my coach each week in the 15 minute sessions: e.g. how do I prepare for a work trip without being late for my plane/forgetting half the stuff I need, how do I avoid being accidentally grumpy with my colleagues.
I never really trust these kinds of "reviews", where you talk about x and sell a product related to x, regardless if the review was positive or negative
There's definitely a lot of crossover. Not the same app but I built focusbear.io to help with my own ADHD symptoms. It blocks distractions and also helps build habit routines.
Another one to add to the list is Focus Bear: $5/month for cross device distraction blocking (desktop and mobile) and it also has habit stacking features. We've been building it for the last 12 months and it works pretty well.
If you want a desktop solution now, Focus Bear (focusbear.io) can do it. Our iOS app will have a similar UX to Clearspace (just waiting for apple to approve our Screentime permissions).
Another ADHD founder here. I got value from the first session. I've always had massive issues with punctuality (I got fired from a CTO job because I rocked up late to a crucial board meeting among other things) and talking it through with my coach helped me come up with strategies I hadn't thought of (using Alexa/Google Home style devices to give me audible alerts). I was able to implement the strategies immediately and have found the follow up sessions similarly valuable. My punctuality has been heaps better in the last three weeks :)
Have you tried the VA strategy yourself? I don't think it's that simple to get a VA to help. I have used a lot of VAs over the years and there is a significant time cost for me in training them up to help. It's not necessarily a quick win and I have found it very frustrating when they don't understand my needs. Delegating boring work to specialists absolutely works well and I do this a lot.
It would be cool if there were VAs that were trained in how best to help people with ADHD. I would see that as being supplementary to Shimmer. I use Shimmer myself and find it useful in coming up with strategies that work for me.
It's not a normie coach. I use this service and my coach has ADHD herself (plus some other traits). I've been using it for 3 weeks and have found it very useful. I think you dismiss the role of metacognition. There are strategies that work for my brain, they're just different to what works for most people. I have found it very useful and have recommended it to other people.
I've written a detailed review here: https://www.focusbear.io/blog-post/my-thoughts-on-shimmer-ca...